Sprach‑ und Weltalternativen: Mehrsprachigkeit als Ideologiekritik in kontrafaktischen Werken von Quentin Tarantino und Christian Kracht

Alternatives of Languages and Worlds: Multilingualism as Critique of Ideology in Contrafactual Fiction by Quentin Tarantino and Christian Kracht. Multilingualism and the alternate history genre have something in common: both phenomena are based on the construction of alternatives, in the case of multilingualism on the alternatives between different languages and communication systems, and in the case of the alternate history genre on the alternatives between real-world facts and the variation thereof within fictional worlds. This article investigates the interconnections between these two forms of thinking in alternatives by looking specifically at Quentin Tarantino’s counterfactual war film Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Christian Kracht’s alternate history novel Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten (2008). I argue that the consideration of language alternatives forms part of the meta-reflection of the alternate history genre in these works while at the same time opening up a political perspective: in Tarantino’s film and Kracht’s novel, multilingualism serves as a means for the critique of ideology by rendering palpable the political threats of a worldview based on clear-cut alternatives. In the article’s final section, I plead for the establishment of stronger links between the research on literary multilingualism and the theory of fiction.         &nbsp

Kontrafaktik der Gegenwart

Non-realistic narratives are currently immensely popular but have been frequently accused of political escapism. This study models counterfactuality using theories of fiction and shows the great affinity that this narrative technique shares with political writing. Analyses of works by Christian Kracht, Kathrin Röggla, Juli Zeh, and Leif Randt demonstrate the diversity and relevance of political variations on reality in contemporary literature

High-Speed imaging of the plasma response to resonant magnetic perturbations in HBT-EP

A Phantom v7.3 fast digital camera was used to study visible light fluctuations in the High Beta Tokamak–Extended Pulse (HBT–EP). This video data is the first to be used to analyze and understand the behavior of long wavelength kink perturbations in a wall-stabilized tokamak. The light was mostly comprised of Dα 656 nm light. Profiles of the plasma light at the midplane were hollow with a radial scale length of approximately 4 cm at the plasma edge. The fast camera was also used to measure the plasma's response to applied helical magnetic perturbations. The programmed toroidal phase angle of the resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) was directly inferred from the resulting images of the plasma response. The plasma response and the intensity of the RMP were compared under different conditions. The resulting amplitude correlations are consistent with previous measurements of the static response using an array of magnetic sensors

Towards Precision Muonic X-Ray Measurements of Charge Radii of Light Nuclei

Precision studies of the properties of nuclei are essential both for understanding nuclear physics at low energy, and for confronting experiment and theory in simple atomic systems. Such comparisons advance our understanding of bound-state quantum electrodynamics and are useful for searching for new physics beyond the Standard Model. The energy levels of muonic atoms are highly susceptible to nuclear structure, especially to the RMS charge radius. The radii of the lightest nuclei ($Z=1,2$) have been determined with high accuracy via laser spectroscopy in muonic atoms, while those of medium mass and above, from X-ray spectroscopy with semiconductor detectors. In this communication we present a new experiment aiming at precision measurements of the radii of light nuclei $3 \leq Z \leq 10$ via single-photon energy measurements with cryogenic microcalorimeters; a quantum sensing technology capable of high efficiency and outstanding resolution for low-energy X-rays

Towards Precision Muonic X-ray Measurements of Charge Radii of Light Nuclei

Funding Information: B.O. is thankful for the support of the Council for Higher Education Program for Hiring Outstanding Faculty Members in Quantum Science and Technology. The Kirchhoff Institute for Physics group at Heidelberg University is supported by Field Of Focus II initiative at Heidelberg University. D.U. acknowledges the support by the Research Training Group HighRR (GRK 2058) funded through the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG. The work of the KU Leuven group is supported by FWO-Vlaanderen (Belgium), KU Leuven BOF C14/22/104, and European Research Council, grant no. 101088504 (NSHAPE). P.N. acknowledges support from the NSERC Grant No. SAPIN-2022-00019. TRIUMF receives federal funding via a contribution agreement with the National Research Council of Canada. The Lisboa group is supported in part by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT; Portugal) through research center Grant No. UID/FIS/04559/2020 to LIBPhys-UNL. The work of the ETH group was supported by the ETH Research Grant 22-2 ETH-023, Switzerland. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.We, the QUARTET Collaboration, propose an experiment to measure the nuclear charge radii of light elements with up to 20 times higher accuracy. These are essential both for understanding nuclear physics at low energies, and for experimental and theoretical applications in simple atomic systems. Such comparisons advance the understanding of bound-state quantum electrodynamics and are useful for searching for new physics beyond the Standard Model. The energy levels of muonic atoms are highly susceptible to nuclear structure, especially to the mean square charge radius. The radii of the lightest nuclei (with the atomic number, (Formula presented.)) have been determined with high accuracy using laser spectroscopy in muonic atoms, while those of medium mass and above were determined using X-ray spectroscopy with semiconductor detectors. In this communication, we present a new experiment, aiming to obtain precision measurements of the radii of light nuclei (Formula presented.) using single-photon energy measurements with cryogenic microcalorimeters; a quantum-sensing technology capable of high efficiency with outstanding resolution for low-energy X-rays.publishersversionpublishe

Host-pathogen interactome mapping for HTLV-1 and -2 retroviruses

Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and type 2 both target T lymphocytes, yet induce radically different phenotypic outcomes. HTLV-1 is a causative agent of Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), whereas HTLV-2, highly similar to HTLV-1, causes no known overt disease. HTLV gene products are engaged in a dynamic struggle of activating and antagonistic interactions with host cells. Investigations focused on one or a few genes have identified several human factors interacting with HTLV viral proteins. Most of the available interaction data concern the highly investigated HTLV-1 Tax protein. Identifying shared and distinct host-pathogen protein interaction profiles for these two viruses would enlighten how they exploit distinctive or common strategies to subvert cellular pathways toward disease progression.Comparative StudyJournal ArticleResearch Support, N.I.H. ExtramuralResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tSCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe